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February 14, 2023 • Safercare Texas Future of health care training, International Meeting on Simulation and Healthcare Conference, Jill Whitfill, simulation,
Since its grand opening in June, 2022 the Regional Simulation Center at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has made a big splash in the world of simulation. Karen Meadows, MSN, RN, director of the simulation center, recently had the chance to attend the International Meeting on Simulation and Healthcare…
January 4, 2023 • Safercare Texas Friends of Jeff Davis County Library, Jeff Davis County, Mobile Comunidad, National Rural Telementoring Training Center, Pottsboro, rural medicine, telehealth,
SaferCare Texas is once again helping people in rural Texas communities gain access to health care and other vital services, this time with a new telehealth hub set up in Jeff Davis County. In November, the patient safety-focused program of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth set up the telehealth…
October 14, 2022 • Banner feature, Safercare Texas Asthma 411, HB 2243, State Rep. Stephanie Klick, Taskforce on Unassigned Albuterol Policy & Implementatio, the Asthma 411 Consortium,
The Asthma 411 team, as a part of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s patient safety organization SaferCare Texas, is leading the development of legislation to be presented in January during the 88th session of the Texas Legislature. The team has partnered to create the Texas Taskforce on Unassigned Albuterol…
October 7, 2022 • Safercare Texas #WordsToLose, health literacy, Health Literacy Awareness Month.,
In recognition of Health Literacy Month, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s SaferCare Texas is launching a #WordsToLose campaign to emphasize the importance of using words that people can easily understand so that they can make appropriate health decisions. As a part of the campaign, HSC encourages area residents to…
August 3, 2022 • HSC Health, Safercare Texas HSC health, Janice Knebl, Julie Pedlar Dinneen, Katie McKinley, Patient Safety Organization, Riskonnect, SaferCare Texas, Tracy Chamblee,
HSC Health, in partnership with SaferCare Texas, is building out a custom risk reporting solution with a data reporting company called Riskonnect that just launched for clinic use. Riskonnect serves seven out of the 10 largest U.S. health systems and more than 170 health care and life sciences organizations, including 1400 acute care hospitals globally.…
April 4, 2022 • Community, Safercare Texas, School of Health Professions
During the last two years, the pandemic has highlighted the health disparities that millions of Texans face, from local access to health care to being able to find and navigate accurate health information. One way to help bridge these gaps is through community health workers. Dr. Teresa Wagner is hoping to improve the health of…
August 23, 2021 • Community, Public Health, Safercare Texas
By Katie Shanklin From school and work absences to school funding, asthma affects much more than just an individual’s ability to breathe. Asthma affects 5.1 million children in the United States. According to the Cook Children’s Community Needs Assessment, 19% of children ages 5-14 in the area have been diagnosed with asthma at some time…
July 28, 2021 • Community, Health Disparities Campaign, Public Health, Safercare Texas
By Alex Branch As Titus County grew into a COVID-19 hot spot last summer, Terry Scoggin realized the rural hospital he leads needed to make some big changes. The east Texas county is 40 percent Hispanic — many drawn there by jobs in the manufacturing and food processing industry — but Titus Regional Medical Center lacked the…
July 19, 2021 • Safercare Texas
By Sally Crocker Imagine trying to safely navigate the COVID-19 pandemic while living in a rural community with limited internet access and being unable to go online to keep up with changing health guidance. Or if English wasn’t your native language and you had to translate urgent health information needed to protect your family. Think…
June 25, 2021 • Community, Safercare Texas
By Diane Smith-Pinckney Bryce Schilling credits bystander CPR with his second chance at life. The Dallas accountant, 27, collapsed after participating in The Cowtown Half Marathon on May 8. His memory is foggy, but he remembers crossing the finish line and dropping to the ground. “Everything went black,” Schilling said. John Sims, director of The…
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